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THE SHAKESPEARE BAR Heritage

160/161 PARNELL STREET, Dublin

Address160/161 PARNELL STREET
CountyDublin
EircodeD02 YC83
Licence refN0107
♿ Wheelchair accessible

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NIAH building record

Built: c.1720 · NIAH rating: Regional

This prominently sited and unusually designed building is one of the key features of this streetscape, with a machicolated parapet granting it a castellated aspect. While a later addition, the shopfront fits the building's historic appearence with its array of finely worked granite and timber details. The retention of other historic fabric such as sash windows, excellent polychromatic brickwork and a well-executed slate roof further enhances the building's architectural and artistic value. In the nineteenth and twentieth centuries this building served as a grocer, spirit and wine merchant...

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Independent reporting and heritage records on this pub, drawn from a curated list of Irish news outlets, Revenue Commissioners, NIAH, and the Dictionary of Irish Architects. Every claim links to its primary source.

Listing history

Revenue's renewed-liquor-licence register lists licence ref N0107 as a Publican's Licence (7-Day Ordinary) for THE SHAKESPEARE BAR at 160/161 PARNELL STREET in DUBLIN CITY with KYOUNG HEE LIMITED as licensee.[1]

NIAH records the associated building as a Regional-rated structure dated 1720-1740 and notes its castellated parapet, granite-and-timber shopfront details, sash windows, brickwork, and slate roof.[2]

Sources  (2)
  1. Revenue Commissioners · Register of Renewed Liquor Licences · 2026-05-08
  2. NIAH · Registry entry, ref. 50011028 · 2026-05-12

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Established

Built between c.1720 and c.1740.

Architecture

This prominently sited and unusually designed building is one of the key features of this streetscape, with a machicolated parapet granting it a castellated aspect. While a later addition, the shopfront fits the building's historic appearence with its array of finely worked granite and timber details.

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